2009 All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship Explained

2009 All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship
Winners:Kilkenny (4th title)
Captain:Alison Walsh
Runnersup:Clare

The 2009 All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship is a competition for age graded development squad county teams in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Kilkenny, who defeated Clare by eight points in the final, played at Semple Stadium Thurles.[1] [2] 2009 Kilkenny 5-10 Clare 3-8.[3] [4]

B Division

The Minor B final was won by Limerick who defeated Waterford by one point in a dramatic final at Mallow.[5] Waterford defeated Derry 1–9 to 0–9 at Ashbourne and Limerick defeated Wexford 3–16 to 3–9 in the semi-finals. Naomi Carroll and Chloe Morey scored three points each. The Minor C final was won by Laois. Sarah Ann Fitzgerald scored 2–2 to help Laois defeat Carlow in the final by five points. Laois defeated Roscommon in the minor C semi-final by 8–12 to 1–1 and Carlow defeated Cavan.

Arrangements

Clare defeated Cork 1–9 to 0–11 in the semi-final at Kilmallock, while ’s Denise Gaule scored 3–7 and Aoife Murphy 2–3 as Kilkenny defeated Tipperary by 5–15 to 3–4.

The Final

Five goals before half-time, two of them from Denise Gaule, enabled Kilkenny win the final. They lead 5.05 to 1.04 at the break [6]

Final stages

Kilkenny
GK 1 Emma Staunton (Paulstown)
RCB 2 Caoimhe Shiel James Stephens
FB 3 Alison Walsh (Windgap) (captain)
LCB 4 Nicola Butler (St Brigid’s Ballycallan)
RWB 5 Niamh Kelly (Dicksboro)
CB 6 Kate McDonald (Thomastown)
LWB 7 Mairéad Power (Carrickshock)
MF 8 Aisling Dunphy (St Brigid’s Ballycallan)
MF 9 Niamh Byrne (Clara)
RWF 10Aine Curran (St. Lachtain’s)
CF 11Karen Duggan (Piltown)
LWF 12Anna Farrell (Thomastown) 0-1
RCF 13Claire Phelan (Lisdowney) 2-4
FF 14Denise Gaule (Windgap) 2-4
LCF 15Shelley Farrell (Thomastown) 1-1
Substitutes:
MF Edel Frisby (Ballyhale Shamrocks)
MF Davina Tobin (Emeralds)
MF Ruth Jones (Glenmore)
MF Mags Fennelly (Ballyhale Shamrocks)

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Moran, Mary . Mary Moran (camogie)

    . Mary Moran (camogie) . A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie . Cumann Camógaíochta . 2011 . Dublin, Ireland . 460. 978-1-908591-00-5.

  2. http://www.camogie.ie All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship on Camogie.ie
  3. http://munster.gaa.ie/2009/08/08/all-ireland-minor-camogie-final-clare-v-kilkenny/ Munster GAA website
  4. Web site: Breakingnews.ie . 2012-04-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716124543/http://www.squareball.com/blog/2009/08/09/camogie-clare-mauled-by-cats/ . 2011-07-16 . dead .
  5. News: Devastation at the death for Deise girls. www.munster-express.ie. 20 November 2018. 21 August 2009.
  6. 2009 Kilkenny 5-10 Clare 3-8 report on Munster GAA website and on Breakingnews.ie